To provide more employment and training opportunities for Tribal members and other Native Americans and their families. To provide more business and economic opportunities for businesses owned by Tribal members or other Native Americans.

Contact the TERO Office for an Application for Certification. The general requirements are that your company is 51% owned and effectively controlled by Tribal members and has been in business for at least one year.

Yes. It provides employment or contract preference to qualified Tribal members and other Native American members and businesses on projects on the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Lands. Preference is not provided to the exclusion of other businesses and price and quality are still primary considerations.

The TERO office has a registry of companies that are owned by Tribal members or other Native Americans which have been certified as TERO compliant. Certified TERO Companies are eligible for preference if they submit a commercially responsible bid that is lower or equal to the bids of non-TERO certified companies.

A Compliance Plan is a binding agreement between the Tribe and a Vendor working on Tribal Lands. Failure to obtain or adhere the terms of an approved Compliance Plan, or supplying false information to the TERO Office can result in termination of Vendor contracts.